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Did Bloomberg change his opinions on China when they OK'd the "The Big Hack" in 2018? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-amazon-a

Did Bloomberg change his opinions on China when they OK'd the "The Big Hack" in 2018? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-amazon-apple-supermicro-and-beijing-respond https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-h... The controversy that unfolded from that was massive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/10/22/your-move-bloomberg/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/10/...

valuearb 7y ago
You would think they would have fired the reporters who faked that story.
- duxup 7y ago
  Did they fake it? Or were they mistaken?
  - simonh 7y ago
    Apparently they still stand by the story, hard as that is to believe at this point.
  - lobotryas 7y ago
    Are you asking if there is evidence that it was intentionally wrong reporting? No, AFAIK there was no such evidence. Are you asking how, in good faith, such a factually wrong story could have made it to publication? We also don’t know. Are you asking why BB has not retracted it after being called out multiple times? Maybe hubris, maybe profit motive. At the end of the day, why would we trust anything BB publishes about China? They have Terminal licenses to sell and they don’t want to jeopardize their market.
    - duxup 7y ago
      Yeah that's pretty much what I was asking. It was a weird story with weird reactions from the companies involved ... but at least I never ran across anything that explained how the reporting played out / if there was anything 'faked" or anything like that. The whole thing seems to not have many answers.
- driverdan 7y ago
  One of them has since been promoted.
djrogers 7y ago
It's really not the same things - in some lights that story makes the CCP look good. Not in a good-vs-evil way, but it makes it look like they have far-reaching powers, and are an entity to be feared and respected. A story about CCP leaders becoming filthy rich off the backs of the oppressed majority though, that just make the CCP look bad.
meowface 7y ago
After refusing to print a correction, retraction, or apology, they've lost all credibility in my eyes. This new scandal isn't a surprise to me at all. It's unfortunate, because I used to consider them one of the most neutral mainstream news sources.

valuearb 7y ago

You would think they would have fired the reporters who faked that story.

duxup 7y ago
Did they fake it? Or were they mistaken?
- simonh 7y ago
  Apparently they still stand by the story, hard as that is to believe at this point.
- lobotryas 7y ago
  Are you asking if there is evidence that it was intentionally wrong reporting? No, AFAIK there was no such evidence. Are you asking how, in good faith, such a factually wrong story could have made it to publication? We also don’t know. Are you asking why BB has not retracted it after being called out multiple times? Maybe hubris, maybe profit motive. At the end of the day, why would we trust anything BB publishes about China? They have Terminal licenses to sell and they don’t want to jeopardize their market.
  - duxup 7y ago
    Yeah that's pretty much what I was asking. It was a weird story with weird reactions from the companies involved ... but at least I never ran across anything that explained how the reporting played out / if there was anything 'faked" or anything like that. The whole thing seems to not have many answers.
driverdan 7y ago
One of them has since been promoted.

djrogers 7y ago

It's really not the same things - in some lights that story makes the CCP look good. Not in a good-vs-evil way, but it makes it look like they have far-reaching powers, and are an entity to be feared and respected. A story about CCP leaders becoming filthy rich off the backs of the oppressed majority though, that just make the CCP look bad.

meowface 7y ago

After refusing to print a correction, retraction, or apology, they've lost all credibility in my eyes. This new scandal isn't a surprise to me at all. It's unfortunate, because I used to consider them one of the most neutral mainstream news sources.